Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry on Friday 29 April at Westminster Abbey. The couple, both 28, got engaged while on holiday in Kenya in October. Prime Minister David Cameron said it would be "a happy and momentous occasion" and would be marked by a public holiday. The Royal Family and the Middletons will pay for the wedding itself, but the taxpayer will meet the cost of extra security and transport. Westminster Abbey has hosted the weddings of the Queen and Queen Mother and was the venue for Princess Diana's funeral in 1997. William and Kate planned the wedding, but have a large supporting cast to help them. Prince William and his fiancé wish everybody to be able to enjoy the day with them. Daniella Relph said William and Kate wanted to marry on a Friday in spring and 29 April was chosen because it fell after Easter and Lent and before a busy political programme in May and June. The extra holiday will fall in the same week as Easter Monday, giving millions of workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland a three-day week. Anti-monarchy group Republic said creating a bank holiday for something "most people are not interested in" was "absurd" and that an extra day off should only be for something everyone could relate to.
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Prince William and his fiancé have finally set a date to their wedding and I think that it is the perfect date. In my opinion they have chosen a good date because their wedding will be after Easter so everyone will get an extra day off to celebrate and enjoy their wedding with them, this is exactly what the Prince and his fiancé want. So everyone will get a chance to enjoy the royal wedding although there are some people that are not interested in this wedding because they do not feel related to it. But I am sure this wedding will be very beautiful and unforgettable so I am definitely going to watch it on the television.
It is nice that the happy couple found a date for their wedding. I agree with Ofelia that it is a great date. I think it is also good that the Royal Family and the Middletons will pay for the wedding itself, so that the taxpayers do not have to pay for that. Now they will only pay the costs for extra security and transport, which (according to me) does not cause that much anger by the taxpayers.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI do not really agree with you. I think the Anti-monarchy group is right; this is only a wedding between two people. This should not be a reason to give an extra off day, because if they do this they would have to do the same with every royal wedding, otherwise it would not be fair. I think there are many other issues that they can use to give a bank date. You also say that the Royal Family and the Middletons will pay this wedding; I really hope so, because they always use the country money to do this sort of events and I do not think is fair.
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